The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-10-20
Septemb bsr, 1887, entitled the CON-
STITUTION' OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.

.. NesOlFfd, lhaG we nall Win III
expressible delight the return to Ohio
of the great and invincible champion
Of Liberty, our beloved statesman,
Clement Laird Vallandigham; and we
hereby notify the tyrants and their
contemplate minions that no more
Democrats can be sent into exile, or
thrust into Bastiles, without the pro-
cess Of law, except by walking over
the dead bodies Of the Democratic
party.
g. Resolved, That Peace is essential
to the prosperity and happiness of all
nations, communities, and associa-
tions, therefore, this useless, wicked,
and barbarous war ought and must be
brought to speedy termination.
Z. Resolved, That we will support
no man for any Office who is in any
respect in favor Of the further prose-
cution of this war.
s. Resolved, That the war is and
has been from the first, waged for the
express purpose Of liberating negroes,
enslaving white men, enriching shod-
dy, thieves, equalizing the black and
white races, and for building up
moneyed aristocracy on the ruins of
our free republican government.
9. Resolved, That we are totally and
resolutely opposed to extending to the
colored race in the country the rights
and immunities belonging only to
white men and American citizens.
TO- Resolved, That the highway
mans plea that might makes right"
as contended by the President as an
excuse for his base usurpations of
power and his unpardonable violations
of his official oath is entirely unwor-
thy the chief ruler of civilized ma
ton, and only becoming pirates and
robbers of the John A. Merrel school.
II. Resolved, That the present
bloody and inhuman war, with all its
woes and horrors, objectionable taxa
tion, and the suspension of the writ
Of "habeas corpus" the arbitrary ar
rests, abrid cement of the freedom of
speech and the press, the unwarranta-
bic searches and seizures, the disfran-
chisement Of the people by the mill
tary, and many other outrages which
have no parallel in the history Of civ
ilized nations, the present Administra-
tion, the President, his advisors,
agents, supporters and apologists alone
are responsible for; and that it is the
intention of the Democratic party to
bring them to sure and a condign
punishment hereafter.
A. Resolved, That we heartily in
dorse the speech of Alexander Long
preferring Of the two alternatives
recognition Of the Southern Confed-
eraey to subjugating the people Of the
South.
16. Resolved, Finally, that free
speech, free press, and free ballot
box we must and will have, or shed
the last drop of our blood in the at
tempt; and we will inform our mill
tary opponents that we shall resort to
reprisals in future if they seek to
further oppress US and outrage our
rights.
II. Resolved, That these resolutions
be published in the jackson Express
and the Crisis.
That was where the Democratic
party Of Jackson County-of which
John G. Stevenson was member
stood while the boys were being shot
down at the front in deadly conflict
for the life Of the Nation, against
armed traitors who were endeayoring
to destroy the Government. While
the boys were fighting the Democrat
ic party in front, the Democratic par
ty in the rear was meeting in the
back districts and on the tick ridges,
and threatening dire vengeance to the
Boys in Blue.
In that same year, 1864, the Demo-
cratic party, in National Convention
at Chicago, adopted the following reso-
luton: !"
"Resolved, That this Convention
does explicitly declare as the sense Of
the American people, that after four
years Of failure to restore the Union
by the experiment of war, which, un-
der the pretense Of a military neces-
sity, or war power higher than the
Constitution, the Constitution itself
has been disregarded in every part,
and public liberty and private rights
alike trodden down, and the material
prosperity Of the country essentially
impaired. Justice, humanity, liberty,
and the public welfare demand that
immediate efforts be made for cessa-
ton of hostilities, with view to i'm
mediate Convention of all the States,
Or other peaceable means, to the end
that at the earliest practicable mo-
ment peace may be restored on the ba-
sis of the Federal Union of the
States"
The Democratic party in all parts
of the North bowling for the imme-
diate cessation Of hostilities, and the
consequent surrender to the conspira-
cy Of the South, and still the Demo
cratic party being loyal, and true to
the flag! The reader must remember
that this National Convention was
composed of Democrats from States
not in rebellion, so that the action
cannot be blamed upon the Southern
Democrats. These resolutions were